35 year old that enjoys games from 1980 to today. Pokemon/Final Fantasy fan. Loves RPGs. Twitch Affiliate. Trans woman. Other interests include bad movies, history, cheese and camp, leftist politics, and humor.
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Built-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling bin (www.mercurynews.com)
There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.
New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC (arstechnica.com)
Polling shows that knowing a trans person decreases transphobia (www.lgbtqnation.com)
So, Microsoft now owns Activision Blizzard. How will this affect the rest of the industry? (www.gamesindustry.biz)
Denuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil” (arstechnica.com)
Gotta love DRM that makes paid versions of games worse than pirated stuff.
June Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Map (www.erininthemorning.com)
Sometimes a visual is nice just to help hammer home just how bad things have gotten in parts of the United States. We've got a lot of fighting left to do for trans rights.
Conservatives freak out & call for boycott of Listerine over Pride packaging (www.lgbtqnation.com)
These conservative snowflakes would be hilarious if they weren’t also terrifying :/
Conservatives are now boycotting Kellogg’s over a picture at the Tony’s (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Have you done anything recently that you're proud of?
Doesn't have to be a big thing! For me, I just managed to handle an entire move all on my own, without help from friends or family.
No One Actually Believes That Cis Is A Slur, Here’s Why They Pretend To — Katy Montgomerie (katymontgomerie.com)
Sites scramble to block ChatGPT web crawler after instructions emerge (arstechnica.com)
Lawsuit: Transgender inmate killed after sheriff made a violent sex offender her cellmate (www.desertsun.com)
Pebble, the Twitter alternative previously known as T2, is shutting down | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
The first I’ve heard of this platform is when it’s shutting down… might be why it did.
Trans youth are significantly more likely to attempt suicide when gender dysphoria is met with conversion therapy than with hormone treatment (theconversation.com)
.io considered harmful (www.beep.blog)
This story really got my blood boiling. CW: involves a forced expulsion of people
Billy Mitchell has surrendered (perfectpacman.com)
Billy Mitchell didn’t win his defamation lawsuit against Twin Galaxies. Not only was Billy not in a position to get a financial settlement, Billy’s cheated Donkey Kong scores were not reinstated(as he’s claiming), and his claimed Pac-Man score from 1999 is also not on the main scoreboards. What had happened is that the...
Beeple, what is your favorite color?
Mine is forest green. Honorable mention to turquoise.
Do you currently use Linux, or would you consider giving Linux a shot?
I get the feeling that Lemmy has a relatively higher concentration of Linux users. I’m preparing to move over to Linux when I build my new computer. I already put Linux Mint Cinnamon edition on one of my old laptops and I like it quite a bit. I figure that since I’ve been wanting to switch over for years, I should just do...
Do you have an account on the wider Fediverse beyond Lemmy or Kbin?
I migrated from Twitter to Mastodon when Elon Musk took over. It's been really nice, and I I wish I'd have known about the Fediverse before then. I may have found an instance that is too comfy and perfect for me, though... I've been tempted to migrate my account over to a Calckey instance, but there's no way that I'm not staying...
National Anti-Trans Bans Loom: Will Democrats Surrender Trans Rights? (www.erininthemorning.com)
China announces rules to reduce spending on video games (www.reuters.com)
“Online games will now be banned from giving players rewards if they log in every day, if they spend on the game for the first time or if they spend several times on the game consecutively. All are common incentive mechanisms in online games.”
The GOP Doesn’t Want to Punish Trans People—It Wants to Eradicate Them (newrepublic.com)
60 Percent Of Playtime In 2023 Went To 6-Year-Old Or Older Games, New Data Shows (kotaku.com)
At first I thought “hey, patient gaming is taking off” when I read this headline, but really, what it’s saying is that people are spending most of their time on evergreen live service titles like Fortnite. Ugh.
We Sat Down With the Conservative Mastermind Behind Claudine Gay’s Ouster (www.politico.com)
I’m posting this as more of a “know your enemy” type of thing, because Christopher Rufo is dangerous.
The Xbox 360 Store Will Close July 2024, But You Can Keep Playing Your Favorite Games - Xbox Wire (news.xbox.com)
I can’t imagine the PS3 will last much longer than this. Truly the end of an era. :(